CAIS dashboard estimates $8.5 billion in annual wage losses from AI-attributed job cuts

The Center for AI Safety's Wage Loss Dashboard estimates about 117,000 U.S. job cuts attributed to AI in 2026, equal to $8.5 billion in annual wage losses.

Per person, the estimated loss is $25 nationally and $56 in California, which has just over 27,000 AI-attributed cuts, while Alaska has 138 cuts and a $14 per-person loss.

The dashboard estimates state figures by applying each month's national share of AI-cited cuts to each state's announced layoffs, so they are not observed AI layoffs.